Then, I'm showing off how fun and exciting I can be.
[ sae may not like this, but he will be forced to walk side-by-side with kaiser, then. teehee! ]
Though I guess I didn't get too unpredictable with the travel itinerary, this time. [ everything very much deferred to what he knows of sae's tastes... and his limited knowledge of the city, ahem. ] Do you want to be more lowkey or amped up for summer vacation, Sae?
[ that may or may not affect what luxury island he looks into first. ]
Spontaneity is very high on my list of desirable traits for a future father of my children.
( sneering, he glances to the side, then straight ahead. he'll just... fall in line with kaiser and let him lead the way. )
I didn't mind. ( what goes unsaid is that he values excitement less than he values... seeing kaiser's daily life? and places he likes? and places he thinks sae would like? you know, all that cheesy shit he'd communicate if he had any social skills, which he doesn't.
so: )
Don't care. Anywhere with a nice beach and not too many bothersome people is fine.
( the children won't ever exist (he doesn't know about akashiko yet) but, regardless. at least sae knows he'd be a shit parent... ?
kaiser trying to make up for his own shitty childhood by spoiling and smothering the kids so real though — )
I'll probably always prefer lowkey. ( no need to even ask; if he can have privacy and freedom to do whatever the fuck he wants, that's always what he'll go for. he hates socializing, anyway... ) ... hah. I'll prepare so many just for you.
[ akashiko is soooo grateful whenever her clingy dad fucks off to his job in europe (proceeds to be neglected for months)! ]
Will you really? [ uwu... ] Then can I pick a few too?
[ UGHHHHH he's so excited for the possibility, he wants this so bad. maybe sae should dissuade this before kaiser picks up a habit of wanting to dress sae up, though. the bunny outfit... was not enough! only whet his appetite! ]
[ their daughter truly will have a feast and famine lifestyle... ]
Huh? Mean. You make more money than I do right now. [ ... ] Actually, upon second thought... maybe that's pretty affordable, to get special services from Sae Itoshi?
[ he's not saying "no" either way... because he has the money either way, and kaiser really have a big spender lifestyle. why not use it to spoil sae, he supposes! the same way he'll be using it to spoil their future children down the line! ]
So what? You want to dress me up, you have to pay. ( nothing's free in life etc etc. also, he knows full-well kaiser can afford it, and it's not that big of a deal, in the grand scheme of things? but, really, sae doesn't care that much about money either, so it's fine.
if kaiser's too broke, he'll pay? )
Why? Is your financial situation that bad? ( he snickers. ) Ask the recruiter. I was a kid when they signed me, not like I had any real insight into the accounts — Giraud did.
[ nah... and if it were that bad, then kaiser would finally take up some of the advertising requests that he has been steadfastly ignoring because every time he's begrudgingly done one, inevitably one of the stylists compliments him by mentioning there's this actress he resembles so much, has he ever heard of—
so, anyway, he avoids that! ]
No, I just think it'd be funny if that's what I spent it on.
[ first improvement real will make to his life is enabling his kinks... ]
Block off a few weeks for me, then. Have you got anything else going on over the summer, Saechen?
( the life of boys who ended up looking like their mothers —
but, hey, valid. even if he didn't have a reason, sae would think he's right, because he also avoids these things. they're annoying, stylists are loud and chatty, and posing is boring? giraud convinces him into one or two sometimes, for the real sponsorships, but other than that... )
Huh. True. ( spending the real bonus on a real player?
kind of ironic. )
Hmm... not really. During the off-season I tend to just do whatever. ( he shrugs. kaiser can have his few weeks — and he can make sure sae doesn't slip into a total coma, like he tends to do, when he doesn't have to keep up with rigorous trainings or diets. ) You? Aside from this.
[ their early encounters probably featured both of them complaining while sitting around at NG11 photo ops, huh... nothing like complaining together as a bonding moment..... ]
Mmm... if any of the teammates around my age want to do a group vacation, I'll usually join. [ sadly... m*nuel n*uer doesn't invite him on group outings...... ] Ness sometimes plans day trips and drags me out too, I guess. Otherwise, I do jack fucking shit.
[ and he likes that just fine! let him have his summer vacations to regather his marbles, somewhat. ]
I do stay in shape, though. Isn't it gross when some people show up at the beginning of the season kind of flabby? [ LIKE... okay, it's not even out of shape by normal standards. but. ]
( when you spot a fellow hater... instant connection right there, to be honest? )
Mm. ( so, similar to sae. he'll attend real events, even go on occasional summer tours where they do nothing but sign autographs, but other than that... he just continues training, albeit with lower frequency, and makes sure to throughly ruin his health for the upcoming season only to bounce back right before it begins. the works.
anyway: )
Yeah. If any of my teammates returned flabby, I'd kill them. ( with words, of course. he loves fatshaming people? it's his favorite past-time. ) My eating habits usually get really bad during summer. I don't have to keep my strength up too much, so...
[ yeah... he could have easily guessed that's how sae's summers go. but he supposes sae warning him of it is out of consideration for him, so he... appreciates that? he thinks? ]
Hm. [ hmm...! ] Should I learn how to cook? Then I can fucking guilt trip you for not eating the perfectly nice and healthy dinners I make for us both.
[ he says this as a joke, but... maybe this is the origins of kaiser's live-in turn... ]
You're so finnicky. [ he gets closer and nudges sae's shoulder with his arm, just to be bothersome. ♥ ] Truly like a bunny, you can never quite know what in the world is going to make it keel over.
That'd work if I had any guilty conscience to spare.
( unfortunately, most guilt trips fly over his head, because he just does not feel bad about anything ever? but, well. kaiser's welcome to try, and maybe out of sheer curiosity as to whether he did or did not succeed in his quest of learning how to cook, sae would actually bother eating.
there's also the matter of him not bothering to eat because he doesn't cook, so... maybe... )
I've heard something like that before. ( "finnicky," "wishy-washy," the works. it's not wrong? but he still huffs, as if offended. he's not as fragile as a bunny, okay? (he is.)
You don't? Well, maybe that's something that extra nutrients could help you grow back.
[ in other words: he is not dissuaded! maybe this is how he learns a life skill... to neg his c-cr...crus................ yeah!
and okay? then nudge him back, and they can be that cringe couple constantly touching shoulders in public as they walk along. at least they're coming back up on kaiser's apartment, sae's mortification need not last long. ]
Have you? Then I'd better come up with something novel for you to hear. You're my high maintenance prinzessin, Sae Itoshi.
[ technically, sae hears part of that all the time, though. ]
anyway, he's fine with touching shoulders in public. it's the other stuff he's not fine with? but, then again, he literally just let kaiser carry him around like a princess, so. maybe he's slowly getting more comfortable with possibly being seen around the other with no three feet between them cause they're not gay (they are.)
and speaking of being gay, he's rolling his eyes to high heaven at how corny kaiser is. but like, fondly. with feeling. )
Are you about to start complaining that I'm too needy? ( he can always run away if it's better! )
But you don't know for sure? Then, I'll put it to the test at some point.
[ hmpf yourself!! ]
... Hah, not at all. If anything, I prefer you to be needy with me. You hardly ever keep me guessing about what you want, which is... [ it makes things easier, he supposes? it means he doesn't have to guess at where he stands in sae's mental accounting, which is especially reassuring when he's spent so much of his life worrying that he's about to make a misstep he can never take back. ]
Which is fine with me.
[ he glances over and smiles his media smile, which he knows sae knows is his media smile. sae's choice on whether to call him out on it or not, he supposes. ]
Eating's going to make you fat, not give you feelings.
( HMPF!!!!!!!!!
anyway, sae likes to occasionally gaslight kaiser, but? it's all in good fun, promise. he's got to get out his toxicity somehow... but also, when it comes to things that actually matter, he's pretty straightforward, he thinks. he knows what he wants, even if rin insists he's got all the negative libra traits, with indecisiveness at its' head —
anyway. )
You like doing what you're told, don't you? ( he tips his head to look at kaiser, wrinkling his nose at the smile.
[ ooh, he didn't enjoy that phrasing entirely, but— ]
I'm fond of doing what you tell me, how about that? [ WINK... ] You know I don't I treat everybody else the same in that regard.
[ his team's psychiatrist wishes that kaiser would do as he is told. but he is NOT TAKING PILLS! HE IS FINE!! besides, if he's not fine, sae's coochie can fix him—
anyway, as they approach kaiser's apartment, he's going to get audacious with it and tuck his arm into sae's as they step into the building. it's technically not public once they enter a private residential area, right... ]
( sae forgets kaiser's supposedly only like this with him? but then again, he doesn't really know how he is with other people, because he has no interest in it... if his dog's anything to go by, though, then sae truly is special.
not that he cares!!!!!!!!! or that he didn't know!!!!
anyway, pills make you lose your sparkle, you know. trauma worked hard on making them interesting so what's the point of dulling that edge... )
... ( glances at the arm. glances at kaiser. fine, he guesses this is okay, as long as they're out of public eye.
he'll still let kaiser lead them, though, since he doesn't have a keycard or a key or whatever the other uses. (yet.) )
[ gawrsh just ask babygirl, kaiser would happily call ness up and tell him he needs to return the spare key because he's giving it to sae—
alright, no, he wouldn't mentally destroy ness like that unless ness did something to really piss him off. he'd have a spare made by the time of sae's next visit, though, that's easy and doesn't involve ness taking strays.
anyway, as they make their way up and into kaiser's apartment: it's perhaps smaller and more modest than one would expect of kaiser, given his... big personality. the feel is comfortable and lived-in, definitely the kind of place owned by somebody who prefers to hole up and be by himself over the weekend. he has quite an impressive home movie set-up and movie collection, which is kind of sad iyk but nobody will ever know if kaiser has anything to do with it.
first order of business, of course, is to take his shoes and socks off. then he spills his pockets out into his designated decorative bowl, takes off his hat, and lets his jacket slip down to wear it how it comes most comfortably to him, whorishly around his arms... ]
( no, sae wants ness' key specifically, he doesn't want a new one made.
kaiser's apartment feels... more homely than sae's, to be sure. less aggressively modern and cold and more — actually lived in, with traces of kaiser everywhere sae looks. not as impersonal. not as distant. it's nice, sae thinks; he doesn't want to make himself at home anywhere, because of his firm belief that home is nowhere and any place should be easy to escape from, but still —
he doesn't hate this.
with a bit of an amused stare, he watches as kaiser takes his nasty wet socks and sneakers off (with weird squelching noises assisting them probably) and shrugs. )
With you? ( if you're not going to say it, then he will? ) Sure. ( and he'll throw his own jacket off his shoulders, too, stepping out of his shoes and hanging it by the door. )
[ maybe this is how kaiser finally gets his dream of midfielder on midfielder violence fulfilled... sae vs. ness for ownership of the spare key...
and oh, this is how kitties get spoiled. sae might be able to see kaiser's metaphorical ears perk up if he looks hard enough. ]
Go get whatever you need, then, I'll start running the water.
[ YAAAAAYYYYYY... his uselessly large bathtub isn't that useless after all! and they can practice the positioning for when they take the final bath, so to speak. he's going off to start the preparations right now immediately, as if he doesn't want to give sae the opportunity to take it back.
by the time sae joins him, kaiser's probably crouched by the bathtub only in his underwear and hair messily tied up, clothes haphazardly and randomly discarded on the bathroom floor... look. he'll clean it up later, it's fine. he literally has a laundry hamper like, right there, but he'll clean it all up later. ]
( you'd subject your poor little bunny to a dog mauling... cruel.
anyway, he shan't look at how happy kaiser is about this because then he'll change his mind just to be mean and evil, as per sae tradition. instead, he'll go deposit his bag on the living room couch and check his messages (it's just giraud whining about something or other) before heading towards the bathroom, walking in on half-naked kaiser and the clothes just... scattered everywhere.
it's fine. NOT his apartment, not his problem. still, when sae begins stripping, it's by the hamper; he places all the clothing on top of it neatly, though his folding skills are mediocre at best. )
I like the water really hot, by the way. You? ( he throws over his shoulder, eventually turning around and tugging his panties down his thighs. )
[ sae is not a poor little bunny. he's like... bunnicula maybe. but sure, yes. kaiser absolutely would, but he will lick his wounds for sae, so...? ]
I can go either way. [ he replies without glancing up at sae, like... no offense, he's seen it all already and he needs to now readjust the water temperature for sae's preferences. ] Scalding hot it is, then.
[ kaiser doesn't complain about any opportunity to take a bath in general. so. yeah! ]
You can go ahead and get in first, if you want. [ maybe peruse kaiser's collection of toiletries that he has lined up at the edge of the bathtub while it fills up? kaiser seems pretty diligent about his personal upkeep, all of them are clearly in use. ]
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[ sae may not like this, but he will be forced to walk side-by-side with kaiser, then. teehee! ]
Though I guess I didn't get too unpredictable with the travel itinerary, this time. [ everything very much deferred to what he knows of sae's tastes... and his limited knowledge of the city, ahem. ] Do you want to be more lowkey or amped up for summer vacation, Sae?
[ that may or may not affect what luxury island he looks into first. ]
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( sneering, he glances to the side, then straight ahead. he'll just... fall in line with kaiser and let him lead the way. )
I didn't mind. ( what goes unsaid is that he values excitement less than he values... seeing kaiser's daily life? and places he likes? and places he thinks sae would like? you know, all that cheesy shit he'd communicate if he had any social skills, which he doesn't.
so: )
Don't care. Anywhere with a nice beach and not too many bothersome people is fine.
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[ obviously! (nervously laughs) if anything he probably goes in the opposite direction and tries to take a little too much care, actually— ]
And that sounds like a vote for lowkey to me. Good, then I don't have to think about others looking at your lineup of slutty beach outfits. [ WINK ]
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( the children won't ever exist (he doesn't know about akashiko yet) but, regardless. at least sae knows he'd be a shit parent... ?
kaiser trying to make up for his own shitty childhood by spoiling and smothering the kids so real though — )
I'll probably always prefer lowkey. ( no need to even ask; if he can have privacy and freedom to do whatever the fuck he wants, that's always what he'll go for. he hates socializing, anyway... ) ... hah. I'll prepare so many just for you.
( like one pair of swimming trunks — )
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Will you really? [ uwu... ] Then can I pick a few too?
[ UGHHHHH he's so excited for the possibility, he wants this so bad. maybe sae should dissuade this before kaiser picks up a habit of wanting to dress sae up, though. the bunny outfit... was not enough! only whet his appetite! ]
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... ( he was not serious? but now kaiser's really excited?
look at him, wagging his tail... )
Sure, whatever. But you're paying for the vacation if I'm doing it. ( like, the entirety of it???? )
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Huh? Mean. You make more money than I do right now. [ ... ] Actually, upon second thought... maybe that's pretty affordable, to get special services from Sae Itoshi?
[ he's not saying "no" either way... because he has the money either way, and kaiser really have a big spender lifestyle. why not use it to spoil sae, he supposes! the same way he'll be using it to spoil their future children down the line! ]
... Does Real do a signing bonus?
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So what? You want to dress me up, you have to pay. ( nothing's free in life etc etc. also, he knows full-well kaiser can afford it, and it's not that big of a deal, in the grand scheme of things? but, really, sae doesn't care that much about money either, so it's fine.
if kaiser's too broke, he'll pay? )
Why? Is your financial situation that bad? ( he snickers. ) Ask the recruiter. I was a kid when they signed me, not like I had any real insight into the accounts — Giraud did.
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so, anyway, he avoids that! ]
No, I just think it'd be funny if that's what I spent it on.
[ first improvement real will make to his life is enabling his kinks... ]
Block off a few weeks for me, then. Have you got anything else going on over the summer, Saechen?
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but, hey, valid. even if he didn't have a reason, sae would think he's right, because he also avoids these things. they're annoying, stylists are loud and chatty, and posing is boring? giraud convinces him into one or two sometimes, for the real sponsorships, but other than that... )
Huh. True. ( spending the real bonus on a real player?
kind of ironic. )
Hmm... not really. During the off-season I tend to just do whatever. ( he shrugs. kaiser can have his few weeks — and he can make sure sae doesn't slip into a total coma, like he tends to do, when he doesn't have to keep up with rigorous trainings or diets. ) You? Aside from this.
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Mmm... if any of the teammates around my age want to do a group vacation, I'll usually join. [ sadly... m*nuel n*uer doesn't invite him on group outings...... ] Ness sometimes plans day trips and drags me out too, I guess. Otherwise, I do jack fucking shit.
[ and he likes that just fine! let him have his summer vacations to regather his marbles, somewhat. ]
I do stay in shape, though. Isn't it gross when some people show up at the beginning of the season kind of flabby? [ LIKE... okay, it's not even out of shape by normal standards. but. ]
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Mm. ( so, similar to sae. he'll attend real events, even go on occasional summer tours where they do nothing but sign autographs, but other than that... he just continues training, albeit with lower frequency, and makes sure to throughly ruin his health for the upcoming season only to bounce back right before it begins. the works.
anyway: )
Yeah. If any of my teammates returned flabby, I'd kill them. ( with words, of course. he loves fatshaming people? it's his favorite past-time. ) My eating habits usually get really bad during summer. I don't have to keep my strength up too much, so...
( just... a warning. )
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Hm. [ hmm...! ] Should I learn how to cook? Then I can fucking guilt trip you for not eating the perfectly nice and healthy dinners I make for us both.
[ he says this as a joke, but... maybe this is the origins of kaiser's live-in turn... ]
You're so finnicky. [ he gets closer and nudges sae's shoulder with his arm, just to be bothersome. ♥ ] Truly like a bunny, you can never quite know what in the world is going to make it keel over.
[ like actually... ]
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( unfortunately, most guilt trips fly over his head, because he just does not feel bad about anything ever? but, well. kaiser's welcome to try, and maybe out of sheer curiosity as to whether he did or did not succeed in his quest of learning how to cook, sae would actually bother eating.
there's also the matter of him not bothering to eat because he doesn't cook, so... maybe... )
I've heard something like that before. ( "finnicky," "wishy-washy," the works. it's not wrong? but he still huffs, as if offended. he's not as fragile as a bunny, okay? (he is.)
and don't nudge him? he'll nudge you back. )
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[ in other words: he is not dissuaded! maybe this is how he learns a life skill... to neg his c-cr...crus................ yeah!
and okay? then nudge him back, and they can be that cringe couple constantly touching shoulders in public as they walk along. at least they're coming back up on kaiser's apartment, sae's mortification need not last long. ]
Have you? Then I'd better come up with something novel for you to hear. You're my high maintenance prinzessin, Sae Itoshi.
[ technically, sae hears part of that all the time, though. ]
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( hmpf.
anyway, he's fine with touching shoulders in public. it's the other stuff he's not fine with? but, then again, he literally just let kaiser carry him around like a princess, so. maybe he's slowly getting more comfortable with possibly being seen around the other with no three feet between them cause they're not gay (they are.)
and speaking of being gay, he's rolling his eyes to high heaven at how corny kaiser is. but like, fondly. with feeling. )
Are you about to start complaining that I'm too needy? ( he can always run away if it's better! )
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[ hmpf yourself!! ]
... Hah, not at all. If anything, I prefer you to be needy with me. You hardly ever keep me guessing about what you want, which is... [ it makes things easier, he supposes? it means he doesn't have to guess at where he stands in sae's mental accounting, which is especially reassuring when he's spent so much of his life worrying that he's about to make a misstep he can never take back. ]
Which is fine with me.
[ he glances over and smiles his media smile, which he knows sae knows is his media smile. sae's choice on whether to call him out on it or not, he supposes. ]
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( HMPF!!!!!!!!!
anyway, sae likes to occasionally gaslight kaiser, but? it's all in good fun, promise. he's got to get out his toxicity somehow... but also, when it comes to things that actually matter, he's pretty straightforward, he thinks. he knows what he wants, even if rin insists he's got all the negative libra traits, with indecisiveness at its' head —
anyway. )
You like doing what you're told, don't you? ( he tips his head to look at kaiser, wrinkling his nose at the smile.
disgusting. )
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I'm fond of doing what you tell me, how about that? [ WINK... ] You know I don't I treat everybody else the same in that regard.
[ his team's psychiatrist wishes that kaiser would do as he is told. but he is NOT TAKING PILLS! HE IS FINE!! besides, if he's not fine, sae's coochie can fix him—
anyway, as they approach kaiser's apartment, he's going to get audacious with it and tuck his arm into sae's as they step into the building. it's technically not public once they enter a private residential area, right... ]
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( sae forgets kaiser's supposedly only like this with him? but then again, he doesn't really know how he is with other people, because he has no interest in it... if his dog's anything to go by, though, then sae truly is special.
not that he cares!!!!!!!!! or that he didn't know!!!!
anyway, pills make you lose your sparkle, you know. trauma worked hard on making them interesting so what's the point of dulling that edge... )
... ( glances at the arm. glances at kaiser. fine, he guesses this is okay, as long as they're out of public eye.
he'll still let kaiser lead them, though, since he doesn't have a keycard or a key or whatever the other uses. (yet.) )
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alright, no, he wouldn't mentally destroy ness like that unless ness did something to really piss him off. he'd have a spare made by the time of sae's next visit, though, that's easy and doesn't involve ness taking strays.
anyway, as they make their way up and into kaiser's apartment: it's perhaps smaller and more modest than one would expect of kaiser, given his... big personality. the feel is comfortable and lived-in, definitely the kind of place owned by somebody who prefers to hole up and be by himself over the weekend. he has quite an impressive home movie set-up and movie collection, which is kind of sad iyk but nobody will ever know if kaiser has anything to do with it.
first order of business, of course, is to take his shoes and socks off. then he spills his pockets out into his designated decorative bowl, takes off his hat, and lets his jacket slip down to wear it how it comes most comfortably to him, whorishly around his arms... ]
Wanna take a bath, Sae? [ with h— ]
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kaiser's apartment feels... more homely than sae's, to be sure. less aggressively modern and cold and more — actually lived in, with traces of kaiser everywhere sae looks. not as impersonal. not as distant. it's nice, sae thinks; he doesn't want to make himself at home anywhere, because of his firm belief that home is nowhere and any place should be easy to escape from, but still —
he doesn't hate this.
with a bit of an amused stare, he watches as kaiser takes his nasty wet socks and sneakers off (with weird squelching noises assisting them probably) and shrugs. )
With you? ( if you're not going to say it, then he will? ) Sure. ( and he'll throw his own jacket off his shoulders, too, stepping out of his shoes and hanging it by the door. )
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and oh, this is how kitties get spoiled. sae might be able to see kaiser's metaphorical ears perk up if he looks hard enough. ]
Go get whatever you need, then, I'll start running the water.
[ YAAAAAYYYYYY... his uselessly large bathtub isn't that useless after all! and they can practice the positioning for when they take the final bath, so to speak. he's going off to start the preparations right now immediately, as if he doesn't want to give sae the opportunity to take it back.
by the time sae joins him, kaiser's probably crouched by the bathtub only in his underwear and hair messily tied up, clothes haphazardly and randomly discarded on the bathroom floor... look. he'll clean it up later, it's fine. he literally has a laundry hamper like, right there, but he'll clean it all up later. ]
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anyway, he shan't look at how happy kaiser is about this because then he'll change his mind just to be mean and evil, as per sae tradition. instead, he'll go deposit his bag on the living room couch and check his messages (it's just giraud whining about something or other) before heading towards the bathroom, walking in on half-naked kaiser and the clothes just... scattered everywhere.
it's fine. NOT his apartment, not his problem. still, when sae begins stripping, it's by the hamper; he places all the clothing on top of it neatly, though his folding skills are mediocre at best. )
I like the water really hot, by the way. You? ( he throws over his shoulder, eventually turning around and tugging his panties down his thighs. )
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I can go either way. [ he replies without glancing up at sae, like... no offense, he's seen it all already and he needs to now readjust the water temperature for sae's preferences. ] Scalding hot it is, then.
[ kaiser doesn't complain about any opportunity to take a bath in general. so. yeah! ]
You can go ahead and get in first, if you want. [ maybe peruse kaiser's collection of toiletries that he has lined up at the edge of the bathtub while it fills up? kaiser seems pretty diligent about his personal upkeep, all of them are clearly in use. ]
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